VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Business Wire) -- Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) (TSX:SW) today announced the launch of the
AirLink® ES440 enterprise 4G LTE gateway and terminal server. The
AirLink ES440 provides mission-critical 4G LTE connectivity when primary
wireline internet connections are unavailable, making it ideal for the
distributed enterprise market – customers with branch locations that are
remote from the main office infrastructure. These customers require
seamless connectivity and automatic failover to continuously process
transactions for businesses such as retail, restaurant, and financial
services chains.

Together with an enterprise router, the AirLink ES440 supports a
best-in-class business continuity strategy by enabling
out-of-band-management (OOBM) capability to IT administrators while
leveraging the router's failover and firewall features. This allows IT
administrators to remotely troubleshoot and repair network equipment
over wireless wide area networks, dramatically reducing the need to
manually reset or update networking equipment on site.

“For distributed enterprise customers, network downtime means lost
revenue and customers,” said Emmanuel Walckenaer, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Enterprise Solutions for Sierra Wireless. “Imagine
a busy retail location unable to process transactions because of a
failure in its landline connection. The AirLink ES440 is a critical
component in a strong IT strategy for distributed enterprises for two
reasons. First, it provides a reliable backup internet connection to
keep transactions flowing, using high-speed 4G LTE networks. Secondly,
it allows network administrators to use the OOBM feature to remotely
reboot an attached router and get their network back online without the
time and expense of a site visit.”

The AirLink ES440 also includes the ability to remotely configure,
deploy and monitor the gateway, and manage airtime subscriptions across
multiple networks using AirVantage® Management Service (AVMS). With
AVMS, network administrators are also able to create configuration
templates to speed up large deployments or bring new deployments online
in seconds.

The AirLink ES440 is available now from Sierra Wireless distributors and
resellers in North America and Europe.

What customers are saying

“For Money Mart, having a backup system to process transactions is
absolutely essential. The cost of downtime is simply too high. We landed
on Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways after extensive testing of multiple
devices, and found that when the device needed to roll over to wireless,
the Sierra Wireless platform was the only one that offered the stability
we needed. The new AirLink ES440 is a perfect fit for us and will be a
logical choice for our future deployments.” – Pete Wilson, Telecom and
Network Administrator, Money Mart

“We use AirLink devices because of their proven stability and their
excellent reputation for quality - our customers trust them. It's clear
that Sierra Wireless has listened to the needs of our market in
designing the new AirLink ES440 - it provides exactly what we need in
terms of balancing performance, build quality, features, and cost.” –
Michael Kuhlmann, CEO, Colony Networks

Further information

Visit the Sierra Wireless YouTube channel to learn more about how the
AirLink ES440 meets the needs of distributed enterprises for business
continuity. For more information about the Sierra Wireless AirLink
ES440 enterprise gateway and terminal server, please visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/es440.
To contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1 (604) 232-1488 or
visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/sales.

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) is the global leader in
machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and cloud services, delivering
intelligent wireless solutions that simplify the connected world. We
offer the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of 2G, 3G and 4G
embedded modules and gateways, seamlessly integrated with our secure M2M
cloud services. Customers worldwide, including OEMs, enterprises, and
mobile network operators, trust our innovative solutions to get their
connected products and services to market faster. Sierra Wireless has
more than 850 employees globally and has R&D centers in North America,
Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.sierrawireless.com.

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